Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Cigna Corporation - Guarantees (Details) - Cigna	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Liability for guarantees	$ 87,000,000
Payments made on guarantees	$ 0

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
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